United States Patent and Trademark Office OG Notices: 25 November 2003

  Summary of Final Decisions Issued by the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board

                              October 20-24, 2003



Date            Type of         Proceeding
Issued          Case (1)        or App'n No.            Party/Parties

10-20           EX              76177458                MW Soft, Inc.

10-20           EX              75663970                Trespa
                                                        International B.V.

10-20           OPP             91122156                Cabell-Wayne
                                                        Association of
                                                        the Blind, Inc.
                                                        v. L.F. Fowler


                                Opposer's/              Applicant's/
                                Petitioner's            Respondent's
                TTAB            Mark and                Mark and
Issue           Decision        Goods/Services          Goods/Services

2(e)(1)         Refusal                                 "SEWERMAP"
                Affirmed                                [computer program
                                                        for use by
                                                        engineers in the
                                                        design, planning
                                                        and expansion of
                                                        sanitary sewer
                                                        collection
                                                        systems]

2(d)            Refusal                                 "INSPIRATIONS"
                Affirmed                                [non-metal
                                                        building panels,
                                                        non-metal boards
                                                        for wall paneling
                                                        and facades, and
                                                        non-metal
                                                        partition walls,
                                                        excluding windows]

2(d)            Opposition      "CWAB" and a            "CWAB.ORG"
                Sustained       design mark             (and a design
                                incorporating two       incorporating two
                                people walking          people walking
                                with a guide dog        with a guide dog)
                                [both marks for         [providing
                                collection and          information on the
                                dissemination of        blind and blind
                                information of          focuses social
                                interest to the         service agencies
                                blind;                  and blind focuses
                                newsletters and         organizations and
                                promotional items]      associations via
                                                        the Internet, mail
                                                        or telephone]


Mark and                                        Citable as
Goods Cited by                                  Precedent
Examining Atty.                                 of TTAB

                                                No

"INSPIRATIONS"                                  No
[windows]

                                                No


(1)EX=EX PARTE APPEAL; OPP=OPPOSITION; CANC=CANCELLATION; CU=CONCURRENT
USE; (SJ)=SUMMARY JUDGMENT; (R)=REQ. FOR RECONSIDERATION; (MD)=MOTION
TO DISMISS; (MR)=MOTION TO REOPEN